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Paper commissioned and published by Solidus Labs. Co-authored with James Airo, Nathan Catania, Delphine Forma, Eric Medoff, Michael Mosier, Rebecca Rettig, and Evan Zinaman Contents: I. Introduction II. Staking explained (by Mikołaj Barczentewicz)

Legal opinion commissioned by DOT Europe. This opinion presents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent the position of DOT Europe or of its members. Co-authored with Jan Bednarski and Michał Czarnuch from the Rymarz Zdort Maruta law firm

This legal analysis was commissioned by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe). The opinions offered herein are purely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of CCIA Europe.

co-authored with Marcin Matczak The aim of this chapter is twofold. First, it intends to show how constitutionally conforming interpretation (CCI) is understood in the Polish theory of legal interpretation and how it is applied by the Polish courts.

The EU Court of Justice’s (CJEU) July 2020 Schrems II decision generated significant uncertainty, as well as enforcement actions in various EU countries, as it questioned the lawfulness of transferring data to the United States under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)1 while relying on “standard contractual clauses.

Download from SSRN In cryptocurrency markets, maximal extractable value (“MEV”) is typically defined as “excess profit that a miner [validator] can extract by adjusting execution of user transactions.” MEV extraction has slowly been gaining broader recognition, e.

with Matthew Lesh The draft Online Safety Bill presents a significant threat to freedom of speech, privacy and innovation. ‘Safety’ has been prioritised over freedom. The Bill’s proponents wrongly assume it is possible to remove ‘bad’ content without negatively impacting on the ‘good’ and that platforms, not users, are responsible for ‘harms’.

with Ben Mueller The EU’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) would create a risk-based framework for regulating AI, with designated “high-risk” sectors subject to a long list of rules that regulate how firms can design, train, and deploy AI systems.

I continue to analyse the proposed EU Digital Services Act as it is being debated in the EU legislature. So far, I have published the following reports: ‘The Digital Services Act and Small and Medium Enterprises as users of online services’ (EPICENTER policy brief, 13 October 2021).

with Kristian Stout (Director of Innovation Policy, International Center for Law & Economics) and Michael Mandel (Vice President and Chief Economist, Progressive Policy Institute) The full text of the paper can be downloaded here.